Amy Winehouse Back To Black

Amy Winehouse Back To BlackIt doesn't take much listening to Amy Winehouse's 1960s pop period piece to realize that this is a tribute with an edge nice girls back then didn't sing about boozing and rehab. Since her 2003 debut album, FRANK, Winehouse has been a frequent presence on the gossip pages of the U. K. tabloids, and her songwriting here candidly reflects her experiences with drinking, sex, and drugs. BACK TO BLACK's production is an artful blend of sophisticated '60s

Nowhere is this more evident in album opener 'Hun' with its breezy

Death under the water

Personnel: Diana Krall (vocals

WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT also introduced guitar sounds and production so abrasive that the feel wasn't duplicated until even punk had matured into New York's downtown art/noise scene nearly twenty years later

collaborating with some of the country's most exciting talent

it's that very familiarity that fuels the ire of many of the band's detractors

but here more than ever

uncertainty

" "Shoot to Thrill" and "Who Made Who

this sophomore album continues those changes by turning its back on the hushed sound of For Emma

channeling energy into deeply psychedelic and emotional compositions that manage to balance rampant experimentation with an indiosyncratic pop sensibility

the album is a more guitar-driven pop punk album